The Free plan includes 10,000 shared credits per month and 3 Studio projects. Starter adds a commercial license and 30,000 credits/month; credits are consumed at different rates across products. Verify the selected plan's rights and per-feature credit costs.
Murf now lists an ongoing Free tier: 10 projects, 10 minutes of voice generation and 10 minutes of transcription, but no downloads or commercial rights. Paid Creator and Business plans add exports and commercial rights.
The Commercial AI Voice Generator has paid Starter, Creator and Team subscriptions. The current plans include commercially licensed audio, with monthly credits and 44.1 kHz MP3/WAV downloads. This is separate from NaturalReader's personal reading product.
The official publisher identifies Balabolka as freeware. It uses voices installed on the Windows system; voice-engine licensing and availability are separate.
Rask offers a 3-minute no-card free trial, not an ongoing free production plan. The listed Creator plan is $39/month and includes 25 translation minutes/month. Trial videos are limited and watermarked.
The Free plan includes 3 videos/month, up to 1 minute each, with watermarks and access to 30+ languages. Creator is listed at $29/month. Credit usage differs by feature and plan.
Basic is free with 300 transcription minutes/month, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports and a 30-minute maximum per conversation. Paid plans raise recording, import and meeting limits.
The Free plan includes 120 transcription minutes/month, a 3-minute maximum per recording and 50 file transcription uses/month. App-store prices can differ from web prices.
Free allows 3 transcripts/day, up to 30 minutes per file, one upload at a time and lower processing priority. Unlimited is listed at $10/month or $120 billed yearly, with up to 10-hour/5-GB files and 50 simultaneous uploads.
Vosk is an open-source offline speech-recognition toolkit with no software subscription. Model licenses vary, and local processing requires your own hardware.
REAPER offers a 60-day full-function evaluation. A new license costs $60 discounted or $225 commercial; eligibility for the discounted license is based on personal, educational/non-profit or small-revenue use.
Audition has a 7-day full-featured free trial. Billing begins after the trial unless cancelled; Adobe lists a further 14-day refund period after the trial ends. Subscription price varies by region and plan.
Auphonic includes 2 hours of processed audio free each month. Unused free credits do not stack; recurring and one-time credits are available for additional processing.
The Free plan provides limited daily generations. Enhance Speech supports up to 1 hour/day, 500 MB and 30-minute files; Firefly Pro with Podcast Premium raises this to 4 hours/day, 1 GB and 2-hour files.
Krisp offers a 7-day $0 trial of premium features without a credit card, not an ongoing free plan. Core is listed at $16/user/month or $8/user/month with annual billing.
The Free plan includes 60 minutes (1 hour) of media processing per month. Paid Hobbyist and Creator tiers add larger media-hour and AI-credit allowances, export quality and features.
Conflicting official information remains: the pricing page currently displays a staging-data warning and shows a Free tier; a Riverside help article describes a Free account with unlimited single-track recording/editing and the first 2 hours of separate tracks, while a 2026 Riverside blog says the free plan was removed in favor of a 14-day trial. Keep pricing Unknown until the publisher resolves the discrepancy.
The Free plan allows 2 upload hours each month and hosts episodes for 90 days. Paid Audio starts at $15/month billed annually; Audio + Video starts at $25/month billed annually.
Live 12 is sold as Intro, Standard and Suite one-time licenses. The current US shop shows promotional prices of $79, $279 and $599 respectively (regular prices $99, $349 and $749); promotions and regional pricing can change.
FL Studio editions are one-time licenses with Lifetime Free Updates. The current page shows promotional prices from $99 (Fruity), $139 (Producer), $199 (Signature) and $224 (All Plugins); sale prices and regional availability can change.
LMMS is a free, open-source, cross-platform music production tool. The project is GPL-2.0-or-later; third-party plugins, samples and assets may have separate licenses.
A free BandLab account remains available. Pro membership starts with a 3-day free trial and then renews at $14.99/month; annual Pro is $99 for the first year and $149/year thereafter. Max is listed as coming soon, so it is not treated as generally available.
Pricing describes the linked resource, not the directory submission fee. Free includes a usable free resource; Freemium adds paid features; Paid may offer only a limited trial. Unknown means we could not confirm current terms. Sources and research dates are included with each tool; confirm current terms with the provider.
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